September 30, 2014

Thanks to the Royal Ballet for organizing this remarkable collaborative event!

World Ballet Day coming at you in a few hours

Beginning tonight at 7PM Pacific Daylight Time U.S. (10PM Eastern Daylight Time U.S.), the San Francisco Ballet will begin broadcasting the whole 20 hour shebang on its YouTube channel. What a terrific thing to do for all of us, and we thank San Francisco Ballet very much.

Why not stop by to watch San Francisco Ballet's livestream and afterward send them $5 or $10 with your thanks on their special Kickstarter page. Even if everyone who watches the livestream only sends $1, it will amount to a tidy sum. (Just ask Hillary or POTUS.) Drop a buck or few in the basket.

Thank you, Haglund, for advocating the financial contribution to this historic event. I am so happy and proud that the kickstarter campaign has met its target. As far as the 20 hours of footage goes it will be available in its entirety for only 24 hours. After that an edited version containing major highlights will remain. However, I believe that each participating company might post its own segment uncut.

So 3 ABT ballerinas are all retiring next season. *Finally*, Kent is hanging her pointe shoes.

I have little hope, however, that we will see the promotions we'd like to see. I'd be genuinely shocked if McKenzie will promote people without resorting to hiring outside principals, or succumbing to the hype/pressure of certain disingenuous parties.

Seriously, with the way he's carrying on, you'd think Stella and Sarah killed his puppies or something...

I'm still watching and catching up on things that I missed because I did need some sleep and had to work a little on Wednesday!! I loved watching Acosta rehearse Muntagirov too - I imagine every young girl dancing will now dream of him as her future prince. I was lucky to see him dance this spring in Prague with Daria Klimentova. i really enjoyed the National Ballet of Canada's company class. Seeing and listening to Anthony Dowell again was a joy. So much richness here - sad it's all only up through tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing that unusual Australian Ballet Swan Lake production next week in Berkeley too!